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Expand Up @@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ Start Menu Styler mod. The following themes are available:
| [Windows11_Metro10Minimal](Themes/Windows11_Metro10Minimal/README.md) | [![Windows11_Metro10Minimal](Themes/Windows11_Metro10Minimal/screenshot-small.png)](Themes/Windows11_Metro10Minimal/screenshot.png)
| [Everblush](Themes/Everblush/README.md) | [![Everblush](Themes/Everblush/screenshot-small.png)](Themes/Everblush/screenshot.png)
| [SunValley](Themes/SunValley/README.md) | [![SunValley](Themes/SunValley/screenshot-small.png)](Themes/SunValley/screenshot.png)
| [SunValley (Legacy)](Themes/21996/README.md) | [![SunValley](Themes/21996/screenshot-small.png)](Themes/21996/screenshot.png)
| [UniMenu](Themes/UniMenu/README.md) | [![UniMenu](Themes/UniMenu/screenshot-small.png)](Themes/UniMenu/screenshot.png)
| [LegacyFluent](Themes/LegacyFluent/README.md) | [![LegacyFluent](Themes/LegacyFluent/screenshot-small.png)](Themes/LegacyFluent/screenshot.png)
| [OnlySearch](Themes/OnlySearch/README.md) | [![OnlySearch](Themes/OnlySearch/screenshot-small.png)](Themes/OnlySearch/screenshot.png)
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# 21996 theme for Windows 11 Start Menu Styler
# SunValley (Legacy, formerly 21996) theme for Windows 11 Start Menu Styler

> [!NOTE]
> This theme was superseded by the [SunValley](/Themes/SunValley/README.md) theme.
> This theme was superseded by the new [SunValley theme](https://github.com/ramensoftware/windows-11-start-menu-styling-guide/blob/main/Themes/SunValley/README.md)
>
> This theme will not be updated to support newer versions of Windows 11, and the reason why I decided to keep it here is for archival purposes.

This theme tries to recreate the design that the Windows 11 Start menu and search menu had on early Windows 11 builds,
which included:
Expand All @@ -12,9 +14,11 @@ which included:
* 21370-22000.9-like Acrylic
* Accent color & light/dark mode support

**Author**: [Tails](https://github.com/milesprower2293)
**Author**: [Tails](https://github.com/milestprower92)

![Screenshot](screenshot.png) \
## Old Windows 11 Start Menu:
![Screenshot](screenshot.png)
## Search Menu
![Screenshot](screenshot-search.png)

## Theme selection
Expand All @@ -34,110 +38,6 @@ The theme styles can also be imported manually. To do that, follow these steps:
* Go to the "Advanced" tab.
* Copy the content below to the text box under "Mod settings" and click "Save".

### Redesigned Start menu

A variant for the [redesigned Windows 11 Start
menu](https://microsoft.design/articles/start-fresh-redesigning-windows-start-menu/)
that is slowly rolling out in the 25H2 update.

<details>
<summary>Content to import (click to expand)</summary>

```json
{
"controlStyles[0].target": "Border#TaskbarSearchBackground",
"controlStyles[0].styles[0]": "CornerRadius=4",
"controlStyles[0].styles[1]": "BorderThickness=0",
"controlStyles[0].styles[2]": "Height=33",
"controlStyles[0].styles[3]": "BorderBrush:=<SolidColorBrush Color=\"{ThemeResource ControlStrokeColorDefault}\"/>",
"controlStyles[1].target": "StartMenu.SearchBoxToggleButton > Grid > ContentPresenter > TextBlock#PlaceholderText",
"controlStyles[1].styles[0]": "Margin=0,0,0,2",
"controlStyles[2].target": "StartMenu.SearchBoxToggleButton#StartMenuSearchBox > Grid > Border#BorderElement",
"controlStyles[2].styles[0]": "BorderThickness=0,0,0,2",
"controlStyles[2].styles[1]": "BorderBrush:=<SolidColorBrush Color=\"{ThemeResource SystemAccentColorLight1}\"/>",
"controlStyles[3].target": "StartMenu.SearchBoxToggleButton > Grid > FontIcon > Grid > TextBlock",
"controlStyles[3].styles[0]": "Foreground:=<SolidColorBrush Color=\"gray\" />",
"controlStyles[3].styles[1]": "Margin=0,0,0,1",
"controlStyles[3].styles[2]": "Transform3D:=<CompositeTransform3D RotationY=\"180\" TranslateX=\"16\" />",
"controlStyles[4].target": "Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls.AnimatedIcon#SearchIconPlayer",
"controlStyles[4].styles[0]": "Visibility=1",
"controlStyles[4].styles[1]": "FlowDirection=1",
"controlStyles[4].styles[2]": "Transform3D:=<CompositeTransform3D RotationY=\"180\" TranslateX=\"16\" />",
"controlStyles[5].target": "FontIcon#SearchBoxOnTaskbarSearchGlyph",
"controlStyles[5].styles[0]": "Visibility=0",
"controlStyles[5].styles[1]": "Foreground:=<SolidColorBrush Color=\"gray\" />",
"controlStyles[5].styles[2]": "FlowDirection=1",
"controlStyles[5].styles[3]": "FontFamily=Segoe Fluent Icons",
"controlStyles[5].styles[4]": "RequestedTheme=1",
"controlStyles[5].styles[5]": "Transform3D:=<CompositeTransform3D RotationY=\"180\" TranslateX=\"23\" TranslateY=\"0.5\" />",
"controlStyles[5].styles[6]": "FontSize=17",
"controlStyles[6].target": "StartMenu.SearchBoxToggleButton#StartMenuSearchBox > Grid",
"controlStyles[6].styles[0]": "BorderBrush:=<SolidColorBrush Color=\"{ThemeResource ControlStrokeColorDefault}\"/>",
"controlStyles[6].styles[1]": "BorderThickness=1,1,1,0",
"controlStyles[6].styles[2]": "CornerRadius=4",
"controlStyles[7].target": "Cortana.UI.Views.RichSearchBoxControl#SearchBoxControl > Grid#RootGrid",
"controlStyles[7].styles[0]": "CornerRadius=4",
"controlStyles[7].styles[1]": "BorderBrush:=<SolidColorBrush Color=\"{ThemeResource SystemAccentColorLight1}\" />",
"controlStyles[7].styles[2]": "BorderThickness=2,2,2,2",
"controlStyles[7].styles[3]": "Margin=-2,-0,0,-2",
"controlStyles[8].target": "StartMenu.SearchBoxToggleButton",
"controlStyles[8].styles[0]": "CornerRadius=4",
"controlStyles[8].styles[1]": "Height=40",
"controlStyles[9].target": "Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Grid#SearchBoxOnTaskbarGleamContainer",
"controlStyles[9].styles[0]": "CornerRadius=4",
"controlStyles[10].target": "Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Grid#SearchBoxOnTaskbarGleamImageContainer",
"controlStyles[10].styles[0]": "CornerRadius=4",
"controlStyles[10].styles[1]": "Transform3D:=<CompositeTransform3D TranslateX=\"1.8\" />",
"controlStyles[11].target": "Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Image#SearchIconOff",
"controlStyles[11].styles[0]": "Transform3D:=<CompositeTransform3D RotationY=\"180\" TranslateX=\"16\" TranslateY=\"-1\" />",
"controlStyles[12].target": "Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Image#SearchIconOn",
"controlStyles[12].styles[0]": "Transform3D:=<CompositeTransform3D RotationY=\"180\" TranslateX=\"16\" TranslateY=\"-1\" />",
"controlStyles[13].target": "Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.TextBlock#AllListHeadingText",
"controlStyles[13].styles[0]": "Text=All apps",
"controlStyles[14].target": "Grid#FrameRoot",
"controlStyles[14].styles[0]": "MaxHeight=650",
"controlStyles[15].target": "Cortana.UI.Views.HostedWebViewControl#QueryFormulationHostedWebView",
"controlStyles[15].styles[0]": "Background:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor=\"{ThemeResource SystemChromeMediumColor}\" TintOpacity=\"1\" TintLuminosityOpacity=\"1\" FallbackColor=\"{ThemeResource SystemChromeLowColor}\" />",
"controlStyles[16].target": "Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Grid#QueryFormulationRoot",
"controlStyles[16].styles[0]": "CornerRadius=10",
"controlStyles[17].target": "Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Border#AcrylicBorder",
"controlStyles[17].styles[0]": "Opacity=0.5",
"controlStyles[18].target": "Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Grid#MainContent",
"controlStyles[18].styles[0]": "Background:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor=\"{ThemeResource SystemChromeMediumColor}\" TintOpacity=\"0\" TintLuminosityOpacity=\"0.5\" FallbackColor=\"{ThemeResource SystemChromeLowColor}\" />",
"controlStyles[18].styles[1]": "CornerRadius=7",
"controlStyles[19].target": "Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Border#AppBorder",
"controlStyles[19].styles[0]": "Background:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor=\"{ThemeResource SystemChromeMediumColor}\" TintOpacity=\"0\" TintLuminosityOpacity=\"0.7\" FallbackColor=\"{ThemeResource SystemChromeLowColor}\" />",
"controlStyles[20].target": "Grid#MainMenu",
"controlStyles[20].styles[0]": "Width=650",
"controlStyles[21].target": "Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Frame",
"controlStyles[21].styles[0]": "Margin=0,-70,0,0",
"controlStyles[22].target": "Border#AcrylicOverlay",
"controlStyles[22].styles[0]": "Margin=0,-70,0,0",
"controlStyles[23].target": "Grid#MainContent > Grid > StartMenu.SearchBoxToggleButton",
"controlStyles[23].styles[0]": "Visibility=Collapsed",
"controlStyles[24].styles[0]": "Margin=0,10,0,0",
"controlStyles[24].target": "GridView#AllAppsGrid",
"controlStyles[25].target": "Grid#MainMenu > Grid#MainContent > Grid",
"controlStyles[25].styles[0]": "Canvas.ZIndex=1",
"controlStyles[26].target": "Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Primitives.ToggleButton",
"controlStyles[26].styles[0]": "Margin=5,10,-5,-10",
"controlStyles[26].styles[1]": "Style:=",
"controlStyles[26].styles[2]": "Background:=<WindhawkBlur BlurAmount=\"25\" TintColor=\"#15000000\"/>",
"controlStyles[26].styles[3]": "Width=32",
"controlStyles[26].styles[4]": "Height=32",
"controlStyles[26].styles[5]": "Padding=0",
"controlStyles[26].styles[6]": "Margin=0,1,-12,0",
"controlStyles[27].target": "StartMenu.StartHome",
"controlStyles[27].styles[0]": "Margin=0,-10,0,0",
"controlStyles[28].target": "Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Primitives.ScrollBar",
"controlStyles[28].styles[0]": "Height=550",
"controlStyles[28].styles[1]": "Margin=0,2,0,-2"
}
```
</details>

### Classic Start menu

<details>
<summary>Content to import (click to expand)</summary>

Expand All @@ -149,13 +49,14 @@ that is slowly rolling out in the 25H2 update.
"controlStyles[0].styles[2]":"Height=33",
"controlStyles[0].styles[3]":"BorderBrush:=<SolidColorBrush Color=\"{ThemeResource ControlStrokeColorDefault}\"/>",
"controlStyles[1].target":"StartDocked.SearchBoxToggleButton > Grid > ContentPresenter > TextBlock#PlaceholderText",
"controlStyles[1].styles[0]":"Margin=0,0,0,2",
"controlStyles[1].styles[0]":"Margin=28,0,0,2",
"controlStyles[1].styles[1]":"Text=Type here to search",
"controlStyles[2].target":"StartDocked.SearchBoxToggleButton#StartMenuSearchBox > Grid > Border#BorderElement",
"controlStyles[2].styles[0]":"BorderThickness=0,0,0,2",
"controlStyles[2].styles[0]":"BorderThickness=2",
"controlStyles[2].styles[1]":"BorderBrush:=<SolidColorBrush Color=\"{ThemeResource SystemAccentColorLight1}\"/>",
"controlStyles[3].target":"StartDocked.SearchBoxToggleButton > Grid > FontIcon > Grid > TextBlock",
"controlStyles[3].target":"FontIcon#SearchGlyph",
"controlStyles[3].styles[0]":"Foreground:=<SolidColorBrush Color=\"gray\" />",
"controlStyles[3].styles[1]":"Margin=0,0,0,1",
"controlStyles[3].styles[1]":"Margin=13,0,-13,1",
"controlStyles[3].styles[2]":"Transform3D:=<CompositeTransform3D RotationY=\"180\" TranslateX=\"16\" />",
"controlStyles[4].target":"Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls.AnimatedIcon#SearchIconPlayer",
"controlStyles[4].styles[0]":"Visibility=1",
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -184,8 +85,7 @@ that is slowly rolling out in the 25H2 update.
"controlStyles[9].target":"Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Grid#SearchBoxOnTaskbarGleamContainer",
"controlStyles[9].styles[0]":"CornerRadius=4",
"controlStyles[10].target":"Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Grid#SearchBoxOnTaskbarGleamImageContainer",
"controlStyles[10].styles[0]":"CornerRadius=4",
"controlStyles[10].styles[1]":"Transform3D:=<CompositeTransform3D TranslateX=\"1.8\" />",
"controlStyles[10].styles[0]":"CornerRadius=4","controlStyles[10].styles[1]":"Transform3D:=<CompositeTransform3D TranslateX=\"1.8\" />",
"controlStyles[11].target":"Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Image#SearchIconOff",
"controlStyles[11].styles[0]":"Transform3D:=<CompositeTransform3D RotationY=\"180\" TranslateX=\"16\" TranslateY=\"-1\" />",
"controlStyles[12].target":"Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Image#SearchIconOn",
Expand All @@ -211,16 +111,36 @@ that is slowly rolling out in the 25H2 update.
"controlStyles[21].styles[0]":"Background:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor=\"{ThemeResource SystemChromeMediumColor}\" TintOpacity=\"0\" TintLuminosityOpacity=\"0.5\" FallbackColor=\"{ThemeResource SystemChromeLowColor}\" />",
"controlStyles[21].styles[1]":"CornerRadius=7",
"controlStyles[22].target":"Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Border#AppBorder",
"controlStyles[22].styles[0]":"Background:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor=\"{ThemeResource SystemChromeMediumColor}\" TintOpacity=\"0\" TintLuminosityOpacity=\"0.7\" FallbackColor=\"{ThemeResource SystemChromeLowColor}\" />"
"controlStyles[22].styles[0]":"Background:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor=\"{ThemeResource SystemChromeMediumColor}\" TintOpacity=\"0\" TintLuminosityOpacity=\"0.7\" FallbackColor=\"{ThemeResource SystemChromeLowColor}\" />",
"controlStyles[23].target":"Border#FullBleedBackground",
"controlStyles[23].styles[0]":"Background:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor=\"{ThemeResource SystemChromeMediumColor}\" TintOpacity=\"0.76\" TintLuminosityOpacity=\"0.77\" FallbackColor=\"{ThemeResource SystemChromeLowColor}\" />",
"controlStyles[3].styles[3]":"Visibility=Visible",
"controlStyles[24].target":"Image#SearchIconOn",
"controlStyles[24].styles[0]":"Visibility=Collapsed",
"controlStyles[25].target":"Image#SearchIconOff",
"controlStyles[25].styles[0]":"Visibility=Collapsed",
"controlStyles[26].target":"StartMenu.SearchBoxToggleButton#SearchBoxToggleButton > Grid > Border",
"controlStyles[26].styles[0]":"CornerRadius=3",
"controlStyles[26].styles[1]":"BorderThickness=2",
"controlStyles[26].styles[2]":"BorderBrush:=<SolidColorBrush Color=\"{ThemeResource SystemAccentColor}\"/>",
"controlStyles[26].styles[3]":"Background:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor=\"{ThemeResource SystemChromeMediumHighColor}\" TintOpacity=\"0\" TintLuminosityOpacity=\"0.7\" FallbackColor=\"{ThemeResource SystemChromeMediumColor}\" />",
"controlStyles[27].target":"Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.TextBlock#AllListHeadingText",
"controlStyles[27].styles[0]":"Text=All apps",
"controlStyles[28].target":"Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls.DropDownButton > Grid@CommonStates",
"controlStyles[28].styles[0]":"Background@Normal:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor=\"{ThemeResource SystemChromeMediumHighColor}\" FallbackColor=\"{ThemeResource SystemChromeMediumHighColor}\" TintOpacity=\"0\" TintLuminosityOpacity=\"1\" />",
"controlStyles[28].styles[1]":"BorderBrush:=<AcrylicBrush TintColor=\"{ThemeResource SystemChromeHighColor}\" FallbackColor=\"{ThemeResource SystemChromeMediumHighColor}\" TintOpacity=\"0\" />",
"controlStyles[28].styles[2]":"BorderThickness=1",
"controlStyles[29].target":"StartMenu.SearchBoxToggleButton > Grid > ContentPresenter > TextBlock#PlaceholderText",
"controlStyles[29].styles[0]":"Text=Type here to search",
"controlStyles[29].styles[1]":"Margin=24,0,0,0",
"controlStyles[30].target":"StartMenu.SearchBoxToggleButton#SearchBoxToggleButton",
"controlStyles[30].styles[0]":"Height=40",
"controlStyles[31].target":"StartMenu.SearchBoxToggleButton > Grid > Rectangle#TextCaret",
"controlStyles[31].styles[0]":"Margin=24,0,0,0",
"controlStyles[32].target":"Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.TextBlock#PlaceholderTextContentPresenter",
"controlStyles[32].styles[0]":"Text=Type here to search",
"controlStyles[32].styles[1]":"Width=750",
"controlStyles[32].styles[2]":"TextAlignment=Left"
}
```
</details>

## Removing the "Recommended" section

The "Recommended" section can be removed by following these steps:

* Import [the NoRecommendedSection
theme](https://github.com/ramensoftware/windows-11-start-menu-styling-guide/blob/main/Themes/NoRecommendedSection/README.md)
using the **Manual installation** instructions.
* Select this theme using the **Theme selection** instructions on this page.
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